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Emotional Ashley Judd details moment she discovered mom Naomi's body after singer's shock suicide at age 76: 'I told her it was okay to let go'


Ashley Judd has recounted the heartbreaking moment she discovered her mom Naomi Judd's body after she committed suicide aged 76 on April 30 2022.

Naomi died from a single gunshot to the head and left a suicide note near her body at at her home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. The autopsy report stated: 'She had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to Williamson Medical Center where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. When she was 22, Naomi was raped and beaten by an ex-boyfriend, a trauma that saw her flee Los Angeles for rural Kentucky, where she lived with her children on welfare while training to become a nurse.

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